art by Cassandre Bolan

A press release from the Illustrators of the Future Contest:

The 4th Quarter Illustrators of the Future finalists were recently chosen. With finalists coming from Germany, Taiwan, Canada as well as the US, the international scope of the contest continues to stand out.

Cassandre Bolan of Pennsylvania

Vanessa Golitz of Germany

Jedediah Kahl of Maryland

Ahyun Kim of Illinois

Chris Knight of Florida

Tung Chi Lee of Taiwan

Rachel Lehmkuhle of Michigan

Paul Schauberg of Germany

Amber Shamma of Texas

Andrew Sonea of Canada

The ten finalists’ art were sent to four of the contest judges. Those judges made their final decision and the winners of the 4th Quarter for the 25th year of the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest are now formally announced as:

Cassandre Bolan of Pennsylvania

Vanessa Golitz of Germany

Andrew Sonea of Canada

These three winners, from three different countries, will now each be sent one of the winning stories to illustrate. They will also be coming to Los Angeles in April for their week-long workshop, the awards ceremony and a chance to win the $5,000 grand prize.